The authors argue that by expanding the network of Islamic banks and enhancing the technological infrastructure for financial access, policymakers can harness the transformative potential of Islamic finance to promote sustainable economic growth and development in the OIC countries. The authors urge policymakers to prioritize initiatives aimed at expanding the network of Islamic banks and enhancing technological infrastructure for financial access.
Majority of scholars hold a view that a currency‟s permissibility is not invalidated if its value diminishes. This perspective is founded on the premise that conventional forms of currency are also subject to fluctuations in value. Financial securities like Halal stocks also go through swings in prices due to market and economic factors.
This short book discusses an important issue of ownership in Zakat transfer. In traditional scholarship, it is considered a necessary condition that ownership per se must be transferred from the Zakat payer to the Zakat receiver for Zakat to be considered as paid. The argument for this viewpoint is that alphabet ‘Laam’ comes before the name of the recipient and one implication of this use of ‘Laam’ is ownership.
According to the World Health Organization, air pollution is now the world’s largest single environmental health risk. Air pollution is responsible for approximately 3.7 million deaths a year. Going forward, cities will generate approximately 2.2 billion tones of solid waste per year by 2025 which could poison soil and waterways, kill plants, and harm humans and animals.
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